Glossary of Legal Terms Beginning with W

Duhaime's Law Dictionary

Wrongful: An act or omission that exposes a person to civil or criminal liability.
Wrongful Birth: A mother's claim in tort that she would not to have given birth to the child with serious genetic defects but for the defendant's negligence in testing or counselling.
Wrongful Conviction: A conviction of a person accused of a crime which, in the result of subsequent investigation, proves erroneous.
Wrongful Death: A claim for non-economic damages for post-death loss of society and companionship and other claims relating to the death of a tort victim.
Wrongful Discharge: The unlawful discharge (dismissal) of an employee.
Wrongful Dismissal: The unlawful termination of an employment contract.
Wrongful Invasion: In the context of the tort of nuisance, the enjoyment of property rights of another.
Wrongful Life: A child's tort claim for bringing the child to birth where the person so doing knew or ought to have known that the child would be born into a life of painful and debilitating disease.
Wrongful Pregnancy: A tort claim alleging that the defendant's negligence has caused an unwanted pregnancy and birth.
Wrongful Termination: The unlawful termination of an employment contract.

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